DJ Skribble's Blog

Today was a travel day. I cant say where.  (DESTINATION UNKNOWN) We loaded aboard a military aircraft and hit the open Sky under the cover of darkness (so cool). Once in the air our group was invited on by one to see the cockpit!!!!!! Of course I had to be the first to go!!! I sat in the seat, put on the headset and felt like I was in “A BE ALL YOU CAN BE” comercial!!!!! It was an amazing experience especialy because my dad was USAF AND I WAS BORN ON OTIS AIF!!!!!! They let me try on the night vision goggles (EVEN MORE COOL!!) The Sky went from black to somthing straight out of a sick video game!!!!! They were an amazing flight crew!!! Did I mention that we had the whole Plane to our selves???!!!!!! Each day here keeps getting more amazing by the second. No more hotel from here on in. Now we will stay with our troops and live as they do. Im so excited and up for the challenge!!! I never felt so safe in my life. These best of the best men and women are taking great care of us. Thats all for now. Tommorrow we have 2 shows…..STAY TUNED

USO TOUR 2009

Hi everyone!!!! As i sit in my room reflecting back on my journey to the middle east so far my head is spinning!!! WE have been here a total of 48 hours and already feel like i’ve been here a week!!!  We have done and seen so much!!!! Maybe its the fact i have only slept a total of 20 minutes on the bus because i am on pure adrenalin of the fact that I am finally here!!!! Since we landed its been full throttle!! I couldn’t be with a better group of guys on this journey, D Squared (legend.. do your hip hop research!!) Lord Vader from the Wonder Twins (my new friend for life) , Barry Carew, (Thank You for making this dream come true) , Johny Shine (my right hand) and last but not least  my great friends, Vin Rock , Kay GEE, and Trech better know as Naughty By Nature!!!! We are all here for the same reason…… TO PLAY FOR OUR US SOLDIERS!!!! After staying up all night to watch game 6 of the world series thru Kay Gees laptop, I realized what a world away we were culturally. We are in a very different place a world away from home and all its comforts!! After watching the Yankees win the world series we had breakfast and loaded the bus to our first base. WOW when we got there i realized how real this is and why we were here!!!!!! Im not trying to bite, but in Vaders  blog http://wondertwinz.wordpress.com he wrote…. “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘HOLY SHIT… WHAT A RIDE!!’” I cant say it any better!!!!! As we pulled thru the checkpoints I started to see the faces of young men and women who were sent here to fight for what we all take for granted back home. As many of you will read this from your office, or bedroom, or Starbucks, im looking at young men and women sharing a tent that sleeps 30 people and share shower time. A lot of these young kids and i do mean young kids, many of them right out of high school whose lives are put on hold for the job at hand were so happy we were there.  Although i think i was even more excited to se them!!! As for the show it self???? The 14 hour flight, the lack of sleep, the long car ride to the base were all forgotten when i hit that stage!!!!!! Looking out at thousands of our soldiers gave me an energy like i never felt before!!!! Then Naughty took the stage. What can i say about a legendary group like this….. AMAZING !!!!!! I also dee jayed for them as well along side of Kay Gee.. The moment that hit me the most is when they did the song “EVERYTHING IS GONNA BE ALL RIGHT” I had to step back and stop because it froze me in my tracks on how powerful that song was at that moment. Seeing these soldiers forget for that hour and a half where they were and why they were there!!!! AT THAT MOMENT WE ALL WERE BACK HOME IN OUR RESPECTED CITYS AND HAVING THE TIME OF OUR LIVES!!!!!! After the show we took so many pics and met so many faces. Now to put all of this into prospective, many of those faces were shipping out within hours…. STOP!!!!! …… It hits me how important this trip has become. what an honor it it is to be here in the presence of such selfless service, braveness, and greatness!!!! I took a pic with one soldier who was hoping his pictures would come out because his view finder was cracked and broke from being blown up and says to me ” Yea i got blown up this is my third deployment im glad it was the camera and not my leg” and then laughs and we took the picture… SPEECHLESS !!!!! MOST OF OUR WAR STORIES WILL BE HOW WE WOKE UP WITH A HANGOVER…..

HEY EVERYONE ITS SO LATE HERE… I CANT SLEEP WE ARE ALL MEETING UP AT 4:AM TO WATCH GAME 6 OF THE WORLD SERIES!!!!!! THEN ITS OF TO DO OUR FIRST SHPW IN THE EARLY AM. I CAN WAIT!!!!!

Friends, Family, Associates, and Fans.

It is our great honor to be departing today for the Middle East as one part of the USO TOUR! DJ SKRIBBLE, NAUGHTY BY NATURE, and DJ BARRY CAREW are all embarking on this monumental tour for the soldiers! We are not allowed to discuss the exact locations or geo-tag photos of the tour but we are allowed to blog and share postings of our experiences! This is why we have sent you this today. As our friends we would like you to share in the experience with us by following our website/blog and share it with your friends and family! Being the first DJ show to ever perform in a war zone is pretty cool, and we want people to see the smiles of the troops as they get some well needed time off to hang out with us and watch us perform. Skribble and Barry will be uploading videos, pictures, print materials, and information about each day and each show after it happens! Every chance they get the team will post and blog for you to read and share. “Please share this by clicking the share links to your social networking site, ie. Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, Blogspot, Wordpress, etc when Skribble and Barry post”.  As DJ’s, Entertainers, and Americans we are so proud to be part of this tour and we really hope you will join us in this experience! The men and woman of the Armed Forces deserve the best and we plan to give it to them! We have brought thousands of Skribbles and Barry’s CD’s to give out and we hope to make each show memoriable for all involved!  Here are the links to the websites and blogs so you can check them out! Thanks so much for your time and keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we travel.
DJ SKRIBBLE & DEEJAY BARRY CAREW
“God Bless Our Soldiers”